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Best of British: The road to success

Taopix was one of the first software developers to come up with a commercially successful system that allowed printers to implement web-to-print ordering for photobooks, since expanded to a range of...

The direct approach to apparel

Printing to garments and other accessories is an excellent way to get into the growing apparel market, covering everything from promotional clothing through to fashion and sportswear.

Star product: Ultimate TechnoGraphics Ultimate Bindery 5.8

A unique solution for creating and testing finishing workflows.

Star product: Roland DG VersaObject MO-240

A compact high-resolution colour printer for 3D objects.

Me & My: KSP rigid boxmaking system

Not too long ago there was a branch of specialist packaging with the wonderfully evocative description ‘fancy boxes’. Sadly, the ‘fancy’ tag has more or less died out nowadays, but demand for robust...

Fespa 2024 preview: Putting opportunity on display

Show organisers are preparing to open the doors for the Fespa Global Print Expo 2024, to be held in Amsterdam in March. 

Overmatter: Good Will Dunkings

The ins and outs of American football are a mystery to Overmatter. But the hoopla around the annual Super Bowl event is always something to behold.

Q&A: Chris Pertwee, production director, Baddeley Brothers 

Chris has worked in print since 1992. He started at the Financial Times newspaper aged 21 “which was quite the experience and baptism of fire into the world of print!”

Becky Young, apprentice pre-press operator, J Thomson Colour Printers

Medicine’s loss is print’s gain! Becky is 19 and has been working at Glasgow-based J Thomson Colour Printers since April 2022.

60 seconds with Surf & Turf

Surf & Turf is a family-owned business, established in 2001, and best known for its custom-printed gazebos. The company’s journey began in an outhouse in founder Simon Lunt’s backyard.